Missouri Photo Workshop

Missouri Photo Workshop
Latin: Missouri Photo Officina
Motto Ostende veritatem cum a camera
Motto in English
 Show truth with a camera
Type Private
Established 1949 (1949)
Director Jim Curley, David Rees
Academic staff
 12
Students 50
Location Columbia, Missouri, United States
38°56′55″N 92°19′45″W / 38.9487°N 92.329104°W / 38.9487; -92.329104Coordinates: 38°56′55″N 92°19′45″W / 38.9487°N 92.329104°W / 38.9487; -92.329104
Campus Rural
Colours Red and Black         
Affiliations Missouri School of Journalism
Website mophotoworkshop.org

The Missouri Photo Workshop is an annual week-long photojournalism school based in Lee Hills Hall at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri.[1][2] Founded in 1949 by the "Father of Photojournalism" Cliff Edom along with American economist, federal government official, and photographer Roy Stryker and photographer Russell Lee,[3][4] the workshop originally sought to instruct others in photojournalism based on the "gritty, content-rich photographs" produced by the pre-World War II (pre-1939) Farm Security Administration,[4] a United States government effort during the Great Depression to combat American rural poverty. Following Edom's credo - "Show truth with a camera. Ideally truth is a matter of personal integrity. In no circumstances will a posed or faked photograph be tolerated."[5] - each workshop originates in a different small town in Missouri,[3][6] which is used as a backdrop for attendees from the United States and other countries to work on photograph storytelling methods such as research, observation, and timing.[6] Missouri Photo Workshop faculty members have included the White House's first photo editor and NPPA Picture Editor of the Year Sandra Eisert and other prominent photojournalists.[7][8]

Faculty and students

Selected publications

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Clifton Edom; Founded Photojournalism School", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 1, 1991, sec. News, p. 4C, retrieved December 14, 2012
  2. ↑ Emily Smith (January 16, 2008), "$846,000 Donation Given To Preserve Legacy Of Photojournalism At University Of Missouri", US Federal News, retrieved December 14, 2012
  3. 1 2 Little, Joan (January 25, 1989), "Mizzou's Photo Workshop In Spotlight", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, sec. News, p. 2A, retrieved December 14, 2012
  4. 1 2 "Museum Exhibition Offers Unique Look Into Power Of Photography, Art", US Federal News, September 8, 2008, retrieved December 14, 2012
  5. ↑ Mark Lile (September 22, 2005), "Photojournalists to document Marshall", Marshall Democrat-News, retrieved December 14, 2012
  6. 1 2 "History of the Missouri Photo Workshop", About — Missouri Photo Workshop (Missouri Photo Workshop), 2012, retrieved December 14, 2012
  7. ↑ "This year's faculty", 52nd MPW: Faculty (Missouri Photo Workshop), 2001, retrieved December 14, 2012
  8. ↑ Doug Glass (October 18, 1995), "No Parade: Small Town In Focus: Workshop A Challenge For Residents, Photographers", Chicago Tribune, sec. News, p. 8
  9. ↑ "New Books At Mrrl", Jefferson City News-Tribune, October 17, 2010, sec. Local, p. 18

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